The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-01-08
EVENTS OF lsse.
Below will be found classified record of the
events of 1886. Only the more occurrences
in the world at large noted.

Below will be found a classified record of the
eventso 1856 Only the more import occurrences
| in the world at large are noted.
JANUARY
January 3 Emperor William. of Gternany. cele-
brates the 25th anniversary of his ACCESSION to the
January IL Wreck Of schooner Girls bic Wright of
| Beaufort North Carolina. Seven 1iye$ lost.
January u. Wreck of schooner :. B.N Witherspoon
| off Nantucket Eight lives lost.
Steamer Hylton Castle lost off Fire Vsland light
January 10. Explosion of3,OOO tons oftdynamite at
| Tom S river, N. j.
Release from prison of Louise Michel and Prince
| Krapotkine, French Communists, at PARIS.
January il: sudden death at Washing ton of the
January i9 Ponchiell, author of La joel pnda. died
| January 81 Thirty-nine lives lost by Il colliery
January &C. Defeat of the Salisbury MINISTRY in
$50
January %. Twenty-three Nihilists captured at
| ST. Petersburg
February l. VIM E. Gladstone appointed by the
! Queen Prime Minister of England.
| February 4. An Austrian officer and four \seamen
| drowned in New York harbor.
| February 6. Commencement OF investigation of
the Broadway Surface Railroad by committee Of
| the New York Senate.
February :. A mob at Seattle, W. T., drote the
Cinnamon from the town.
February Rioting IN London England heet-
| ing of unemployed working men gathered at Aneet
ing in Trafa gar Square, marched through the West
| lOtuses
Order not restored until night.
-Cayc-in at Shenandoah, Pa, owing to excAva-
| ton of coal mines.
February o. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock die a ut
Governors Island New York Harbor
February 10. Elk Sergeant-at-Arms of the United
| States Congress John G. Thompson died.
February IL. Glassblowers' strike at Pittsbdrg
ended
February L. King Milan issues an order MOBILIZE
| ing the Servian army.
wreck of the Austrian bark Kraljevica on Bal r.
| negat Shoals; eleven lives lost.
| Hon. Horatio Seymour died at Utica, N. Y.
February Is. Strike at Manchester, N H., of 5000
spinners and weayers.
February21 Property at Wilmington, n. c., valued
| at 81 500 000 destroyed by fire.
February &c. Accident on Canada Northern L. RI
! One killed and twenty injured.
MARCH.
| March l. Decree for expulsion of French Princes
| approved by French Deputies.
sixty thousand pounds Of gunpowder exploded
near Goes Station, Ohio, killing three men.
Mashed mobs drove Chinese residents from East
Portland, Oregon.
March ,. Steamer Missouri. bound for Liverpool
| from Boston, lost off IIolyhead.
| Cardinal Jacobini died in Rome.
$4,000 sale Of Morgan Art Collection in New York;
| Alfred II. Terry nominated for the position OF
Major General, vacated by the death of Hancock.
March 4. New York street men strike.
March 6. Samuel Johnson, alias "Mingo Jack"
! lynched AT Eatontown, n. j.
Strike of Knights of Labor on Gould southwestern
| system of railroads.
March Z. Mormon women met at Salt Lake City
and expressed objection to interference with polyg
March s. United States Senator John f. Walter, of
California died
March S. Paris Green in their coffee poisoned so
inmates of the Lebanon, Pa. county almshouse.
Nine died.
train robbed near Joliet, Ill., and Messenger Nichols
killed.
off Fire Island. All hands saved.
March Is. Congressman Hahn. Of Louisiana, died.
March IL. Thirteen lawless coored men shot to
death by mob in Carrollton, Miss.
March Is. Alderman Jaehne of New York, arrest
ed, charged with bribe-taking in connection with
Broadway Railway bill
March 10. Explosion of a natural gas well in Muir
raysyille, Pa. Four men burned to death and seven
March p. DR.. j. H. Kane, an Arctic explorer, died
| at Wilmington, Del.
Desperate fighting between troops and Anar-
chists in Belgium.
March %. George Hearst appointed to succeed
4 Miller, deceased, as Senator from California.
An annual pension Of 81 900 granted to the widow
of Gen. Hancock by Congress.
rai9s on the Mss0g Pacific Railroad seized by
March u: Prson9S at Chalons France, revolt.
March Is Conference at New York, between
Wreck, off Spring Lake N. j., of ship Tsenegora.
March 80 Destruction of Key West, Flag by fire;
eA --,aREII. -
c3hfession of e4 Alderman Waite, of New
riding the Broadway Railroad franchise.
E. at Fort Worth, Texas
One million dollars worth of property, at
Wis. destroyed by fire.
w1hg Ferry and West Durfeld Station, Mass. and
algtlig on tne Drlnk OF lhe Durheid river, caught
fire from the stoves. Thirteen persons were killed,
several having been burned to death. The disaster
was caused Py me se'ling OF me track Home
Rule in the British House of Commons.
,yoy. wonnd ia9t d" iA Aiieu anu
April 9. Riotng railway strikers at East St. Louis,
Ill fired upon, Several Killed and E wound wounded
Central America. killing Is and injuring %:
April Is; Twelve eX-Aldermen OF New YORK ar
| rested and held to ball on bribery charges
April IA. cyclone swept St Cloud and Saux
Rapids, Mimi sixty persons Killed and about two
hundred injured: co,,,,.u-, o-,,, so,,..,a,.,.
April 10. report on Soldiers orphan schools made
by Governor Pattisan, aud resignation of spperin'
lendent HlgDle lskea iof; ,,.
o,A April ~ Riot n New YORK, an outcome OF the
Ihra Avenue EadToaa F ieGP uoso hnr seye,
April ~ heserVoif at hlsl iee' A!iss Dursl seven
persons drowned. w.. -.-,... 4
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April p. A special message 70 Congress on the
Labor question, sent by President Cleveland
April g, jefferson Davis rendered reception at
Montgomery Ala,
| MAY.
Nav1 General strike for eight hours' work of the
KNIGHTS of Labor.
/ May 3, Riot in Chicago, caused by Anarchists.
sion on Of bombs thrown into their ranks During a
! general exchange of pistol Shots which followed,
about 30 rioters wounded Seven of the Anarchists
were convicted Of murder in the first degree and
! sentenced 10 pc nanseu stay Vi eAecutlDh was
! granted pending argument for a new trial;
May 4. knights of Labor strike on Gould South
western Railroad system eneed. ,,,-,-.. n
May .. Natives seized the town oil Mahdaay' bur
nah, and burned 4OJ0 houses:
| May T. Eastern Kansas and Missouri swept over by
storms reSniting In l4Ss OF NE ni, so,zod tho
Ia t, 0i luz az eoS' A. 81 S"SN tV
scIoohei phYlq Y AqaihIs. - ~ ~, . -
Mhy ~ JHeiiiie' Vi ne" foHA' put oH
| lriai LOT DTlpery o,. ,,., l.,
Any u, hse Sits nv, N.si.ou " ''ui'ioiie'
| great loss oil lie ana damage 10 property
seventy persons Killed ana TWO hundred wound
ed III spain d u! a a aii - ,; ,,
s a., anu iuo3 ~; ~ ~, 80 n, H,,se
May IL. tx alderman Jaehhe' q new aoFk' oon-
May II ;,,, Canadians at St Anne C. b. seized
| schooner Ella Dougnerly; CT.
| "a son born to queen Chrlstlana, OF spain.
Nay r. Ihe strike Of Sew nork sugar WORKERS
enueG ~ NJ S ~ tiae nv, , t,,
imprisonment IN sing sing fFlsoh imposed upon
EN-aideII I Jn tI ne ,,. tr,rr- c ,r,,.o.
Mrs George H Pendleton, wife OF .. s Minister
TO Berlin thrown from outrage III Cehtral fark,
n T., and Killed. ,.-,. ..,, H.. o..,.,,
MAY 70 me I.ussl De, =, ~ m oSa q!
May q. a NyW loEA eourl coii'ieteu AeFI 1tVss VI
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